3/25/21
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Tooth specialist’s degree: Abbr.
DDS
4A
Something proven to be true
Fact
8A
Gladys Knight’s backup group
Pips
12A
Took part in a 5K
Ran
13A
Just twiddling one’s thumbs
Idle
14A
Swedish furniture giant
Ikea
15A
“___, dos, tres, cuatro …”
Uno
16A
“Breaking Bad” spin-off “Better Call ___”
Saul
17A
40-day period of sacrifice for Christians
Lent
18A
“Happier” DJ who had the #1 country hit “One Thing Right” with Kane Brown in 2019
Marshmello
21A
Answer sheet for an exam
Key
22A
Starting squad: Hyph.
A Team
26A
Veggie coated with wasabi as a snack
Pea
27A
“The Little Things” actor Malek
Rami
30A
State whose most populous city is Birmingham: Abbr.
Ala
31A
“Piece by Piece” pop singer who had the #1 country hit “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Jason Aldean in 2011: 2 wds.
Kelly Clarkson
34A
Ending for “Manhattan” or “meteor”
Ite
35A
Direction from France to Germany
East
36A
Organ with a pupil
Eye
37A
Information sources, collectively
Media
39A
Liveliness
Pep
40A
Bob Marley’s band that had the #1 country hit “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” with Kenny Chesney in 2008: 2 wds.
The Wailers
46A
Jessica who starred in “Good Luck Chuck”
Alba
49A
Animal hair that’s a homophone of a US state
Mane
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Feel unwell
Ail
51A
Place for a diving board
Pool
52A
“Small world, ___ it?”
Isnt
53A
Luxury hotel facility
Spa
54A
Cunning tactic
Ploy
55A
“… or so ___ say”
They
56A
Starchy orange vegetable
Yam
1D
Instrument for Keith Moon or Ringo Starr
Drum
2D
Ultimate Fighting Championship president White
Dana
3D
Went underwater to see a coral reef, perhaps
Snorkeled
4D
Smelling like herring or halibut, maybe
Fishy
5D
Sandler who starred in “Uncut Gems”
Adam
6D
Helpful hint
Clue
7D
Show-and-___
Tell
8D
Person who flies a plane
Pilot
9D
Actor Barinholtz of the new Netflix movie “Moxie”
Ikea
10D
Writing tool you might buy refills for
Pen
11D
Stopped standing
Sat
19D
Ball-balancing animal in a circus
Seal
20D
Animal burrow
Lair
23D
“Piece of cake!”: Hyph.
Easy Peasy
24D
___ vera juice
Aloe
25D
Fellow
Man
26D
Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg
Pete
27D
Sony record label
RCA
28D
Jarreau and Roker, for two
Als
29D
Item to wipe your muddy shoes on
Mat
31D
Tennis Hall of Famer Clijsters
Kim
32D
“Totally!”
Yeah
33D
Ship’s “backbone”
Keel
38D
Where Palermo and Salerno are
Italy
39D
Strong religious devoutness
Piety
41D
Release, as steam or odors
Emit
42D
___-and-wear (description of clothes that don’t need ironing)
Wash
43D
Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat
Anne
44D
Philbin and Seacrest’s cohost on morning TV
Ripa
45D
Angrily close, as a door
Slam
46D
Program installed on an iPad
App
47D
Reaction to a funny meme, maybe
LoL
48D
Exclamation from a ghost
Boo